Description:'Learning to Listen - Positive Approaches and People with Difficult
Behaviour'
The ONE book that is a must read for anyone whose work is to serve
people with difficult behaviour. 'Learning to Listen' is by far and away
the most thumbed book in my collection and a continual source of fresh
challenges to how we understand and support individuals with
disabilities and challenging behaviour. No one is better than Herb
Lovett in dismantling the inhuman absurdities of 'behaviour management
techniques' and pointing the way towards a truly person centred
approach. Herb was fearless in tackling troublesome topics such as
professional fears and biases, staff and consumer abuse, restraints and
self-injurious behaviour
Herb Lovett was a Boston based clinical psychologist and research
associate with the Institute on Disability at the University of New
Hampshire. He worked to promote inclusive supports in and equal access
to education, work, housing, and human rights for children and adults
with disabilities. He was the co-founder and past president of the
Autism National Committee, until his untimely death in 1998. Read more
about Herb's work and life at
http://www.inclusion.com/C-Herb.Memorium.html
Learning to Listen has been a best seller within the inclusion movement
since its publication in 1996 and has been an inspiration to those
seeking to uphold the human rights and dignity of children and adults
with 'difficult behaviour'. |
